The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-24 00:00:00

COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 2ss. per ton. I Double... 21s. per ton. Top 24e. „ Deep 22s. „ W. 11 screened and delivered within five miles of their De pt ts, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, I , 4,ldington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. IPHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," A. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, eau be had Every Evening of G. R. GLIsNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. TELE LATES r EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening. by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendisti-street, Oxford-street. HIGI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T tag DAY.-11oraing: 10h. 12;n.—Afternoon, 104. 43m. Z .)-440aR 0w. - Morning, llh. 16m.—Afternoon, 11h. 50,-n. ::, 1 A, ,- -, , LONDON, SA I URDAY, LEO. 24, 1861. Christmas Eve is again amongst us. Pleasant thoughts and kindly greetings are all around net. Families gather round the old hearthstone; cbildrEn count the days of the holidays; and old friends meet together with cordial words and lively re miniscences. Even cut of doors it is impossible to forget the merry time. Holly and misletoe deck the places of public meeting —and the very shop windows are gay with appropriate adornments and devices. Christmas has always been a traditional holiday amongst ns. Englishmen are not too f‘aocus for holiday making and joviality since the days of the maypole and boar-hunt are over, and the grave nineteenth century has brought its busi. nese and its bustle. No time for play or leisure— the high pressure must be kept up—even at the risk of a snapping spring; and the eagerness for "a sensation," in any shape, and the love of morbid excitement, may partly owe their origin to the in cessant strain put upon mind and body in these days of overwork. But in spite of hydra-headed monster of work and worry, the old love of Christmastide has still been kept up. Through all fluctuations of manners and changes of social politics, King Christmas has held his own. SHAKSPERE in his " Hamlet" has told us how "so hallowed and SO gracious is the time," that •' the bird of dawning croweth all night long." SCOTT has assured us that in the olden days— 'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale, A Christmas gambol oft would cheer The poor man's heart through half the year," And in spite of all our innovations and contempt of primitive manners, Christmas gifts, Christmas boxes, Christmas holidays, and Christmas feasts betoken the continuance of peace and goodwill on earth. Sailors out at sea think of the far-off yule logs ; colonists, struggling through the early days of a settlement, turn in half humorous, half pathetic remembrance to the recollection of the fun and frolic of the dear old land. It is a time when the rich think perforce of the poor, and when each man, with a lingering ray of the old divine and universal charity, pauses to ask how he may best help his neighbours. And such remembrance is much needed. Christmas, so universally welcomed, comes with cheerless garb to many a sorrowful hearth. There are homes where an empty chair, vacant since last Christmas, will fill the happy season with gloom. There are hunger.stricken abodes, where the poor man is ready, in mockery, to join in the chorus so pathetically sung by one of our minstrels— " Nor meat, nor malt, nor bread, nor wine; Ah, a merry Christmas tide is mine l" There are hospitals where the maimed and diseased toss heavily on their couches ; there are work houses and asylums where the victims of " the grisly family of death" seek temporary care and solace. There are, too, miserable garrets where vice and crime reap their sure reward. There are troops of children growing up amid rags and dirt and ignorance to fill our prisons, without a friendly hand being stretched out to stay their progress; there are streets and lanes in Christian England where heathenism reigns triumphant; there are moral wastes amid our ever-growing thoroughfares more terrible than their physical desolation. Can all these keep Christmas ? Yet surely at such a time we should have a thought for all, and he keeps his feast poorly indeed who,if GOD has blessed him with the means of enjoyment, does not strive in some degree, how ever small, to lighten his neighbour's load. The scup-kitchens and other places for providing the hungry call upon us with a special claim when our own boards are so Leavily laden. The bitter winds that whistle so coldly rouni our warm and shel- tered dwellings remind us of the half-clad wretches who shiver outside the night refuges, unable to find admittance into their crowded wards. Over 500 applications have latterly been made in one night to the Playhouse -yard refuge alone, and many could not be received. Five hundred in one night It gives a painful idea of what a houseless hungry army must be wandering over London, when we add to this amount the numbers that nightly seek shelter of the Field-lane, the Dudley Stuart, and other refuges, besides those admitted into the casual wards of the workhouses. Surely none need say he has no claims upon him when his fellow citizens are in such bitter need. Again, at this happy time, when scattered families reunite, and the little are first and foremost in the merry game or round the Christmas tree, parents must cast a thought to those desolate little ones who are dependent on strangers for care and kindness. There are orphan asylums and schools which are among the noblest institu tions of our land. There are hospitals where kind hands supply the means of enjoyment to helpless little sufferers, and these have a special voice to plead through the bright eyes and the rosy cheeks at the fireside. There are institutions for instruct• ing the ignorant, for reclaiming the depraved, for lending a hand to the struggling sinner who is striving to mend his or her ways, and homes where the tempted, but not yet fallen, are saved from ter. rible temptation. All these ask help in the name of that mighty universal love which sends the sun and the rain upon just and unjust alike, There are hospitals where the sufferings that afflict humanity in so many direful forms are soothed and lightened, where the acci., dents and catastrophes inseparable from our busy life secure prompt and skilful attention, be the victim peer or peasant ; and establishments where the blind, the crippled, the aged, find appropriate tendence, and where the feeble intellect is carefully trained and the slumbering faculties developed. None need go far to seek such places. They meet in the great thoroughfares, they speak through the columns of the press, they call loudly for help through the suffering he sees around him. Surely at Christmas time they will not be unheard, but the open hand and open heart will minister to their nccessities, remembering in the midst of the ex change of social gifts and courtesies that it is more blessed to give to those of whom you cannot hope to receive. There is no need to fear that a speedy retriba. tion will not come upon Prussia, for there are already signs and tokens of an approaching storm that threatens to lower upon the nation. The beat proof of the non-necessity of the whole of this Schles wig-Holstein affair is the insuperable difficulty that exists in the way of any arrangement. Again and again there are rumours of difference and re. ports of disagreements, instead of all being settled, or in the way of being so. To judge from what w• heard at the outset of the bu3iness, we had reason to believe that all was pre -arranged, and in a fair way of action ; that, in short, when peace was con cluded all would go smoothly as a marriage bell. Instead of this, we find that nothing definitive is done or in a way of doing. The only thing that we may venture to say looms in the distance at present is that Prussia will have a great deal to do in the adjustment of the abstruse question whose solving is such a hill of difficulty. That much might per haps have beeen predicated at the outset by sharp. sighted iridividals, who were not taken in by the fair-seeming and pretentious declarations that were so profusely showered down when first the disputes relative to the Duchies assumed a serious form. The King of Z'',A XONY is the last-mentioned personage who Las taken up this unsatisfactory cause, and he has not Eltricated himself with more success than the rest of them, as it appears. In fact, Herr VON BISMARK is the dens ex. marhina, and the virtual manager of all the complicated mar ceuvres and machinations, In vain do the others who have taken part in the affair suggest this and propose that, the wise man of the Berlin Cabinet re• serves his judgment; but when he speaks the, fiat goes forth, the doom is settled. When this hero of Germanic policy makes his declara tion, it is as if the fabled King of Gods and men gave the nod at which all Olympus trembled, or as if the mighty Grecian oracle of old had put forth its asseverations. It Remo, then, as it it were wiser to study the purport of his remarks, if we wish to arrive at an accurate knowledge of what is going forward. The last news is that he has addressed a circular note to the States which voted against the cessation of Federal Execution. Doubtless, this mandate was destined to strike terror into the minds of those recusants who hung back and did not follow in the track which Prussia pursued. When that nation led the van, it was in truth a shame and a scandal for all the petty States not to follow in the path. As such was not the case, no wonder that the wrath of the guardian genius of Germanic policy should be excited, and that be should give forth to the world his opinion upon such a momentous topic. It cannot be said that he has shirked his duty, onerous though it be, ❑or refused to play the part that has de volved upon him to perform. He states plainly enough that it was quite opposed to the laws of the Germanic Confederation to transform the execution into occupation, and that Prussia would noc be in fluenced by the decision of the majority, but re served to herself the full right of judgment and liberty of action. It would be really more consistent to say that no one else should have a voice in any management, and that Prussia should reign supreme in all matters of importance. It has been, indeed, a perfect farce to talk of nationality, and of carrying out the wishes of the majority of the States. For once and for ever it may be considered settled that such notions are unfounded, and such views untenable. The idea that the popular opinion will be of any influence in the settlement of the question that possesses a common interest is quite a mistake, and no one can blame Herr BISMARK for not informing the parties concerned in the matter that they need not trouble themselves about it, for he is quite come petent to take the lead and keep the mastery to himself, since he takes every available opportunity of putting his veto upon the suggestions of others, and contradicting their plans, right or wrong, What with the threats contained in the circular of M. BISMARK'S, and one thing and an. other, it may be looked upon that this step is the beginning of the evil, and that W 3 shall soon see the ulterior results of these strange manoeuvres. This ill omened war into which the Germanic Con federation has plunged with such reckless baste and fierce vehemence, will cost all parties concerned in the affair pretty dear before they have done with it. Prussia had already circumvented Austria, and usurped her rightful place as the natural head of Germany, now she is trying her finished hands in the subjugation of the smaller States, treating them with open defiance and undisguised contempt. When the doom of vengeance has been wreaked upon these tributaries in the affair, Prussia herself, the fountain head of the offence, will meet her fate, and who can sympathise with her. When the eay arrives in which the course of French policy is turned into a dif f erent channel from that in which it now so peaceably flows, there will be dealt a terrible retribution for the injuries of Germany and the wrongs of Denmark on this pretentious and unprincipled kingdom. It is very significant to notice the speed with which the Berlin plans of conquest have been carried out. Prussian officials have bee❑ placed at the head of all important de• partments, This shows the feeling at work, and the dexterity with which all independent and na tional sentiments will be put down. The Austro- Prussian allies are indeed treading down all before them beneath the iron heel of conquest ; and how many victims have they dragged in triumph at t teir oar of victory. Surely shameless exhibitions of power can do nothing but lower them still lower, if possible, in public opinion. A great General never shows to such advantage as when he exhibits magnanimity in the hour of success, and dec:ines to take advantage of the opportunities that are afforded to him to the fullest extent; but it is evident that such noble generosity is quite beyond the comprekension of German minds. MR MILNER GIBSON, M.P. AND HIS CONSTI. TuENTs.—We learn that the President of the Board of Trade is about to visit Ashton-under-Lyne, and during his stay in that borough he will, on Jan. 24, address his con• stituents in public meeting, in accordance with the right hon. gentleman's annual custom. UNCOVERING OF THE MACKENZIE PORTRAIT AT THE BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, SLOUGH.—Yester day evening, at six o'clock, the half-yearly examination and distribution of prizes to the children of the British Orphan Asylum took place in the large room of the institution at Slough. Among those present were Mr CharlesWoolloton, vice-ohairman of the board of directors. (who presided), the Revs. J. Wallis, A. G. Bagbie, and G. Robbins, Messrs. W. Gray, W. F. Low, &c. Previous to the ordi nary proceedings the company assembled in the vestibule, where the portrait of Mr Edward Mackenzie, of Fowley Court, was uncovered, after a few words from the chairman. The portrait was executed by Mr W. Salter. Mr Mac kenzie is depicted in his robes as high sheriff of Oxford shire. The portrait was painted in compliance with the vote of the general court of governors, to commemorate the gift of £14,000 by Mr Mackenzie towards the purchase of the house and grounds at Slough. After the uncovering of the portrait the company adjourned to the boys' school room, where the children whose terms in the institution had been completed received a parting admonition from the directors, and were addressed by the Rev, J. Wallis in very suitable terms. The prizes were then distributed by the chairman, this part of the proceedings being diversiffA by various pieces of music played by the girls and recitations by the boys. The children then adjourned to the dining hall, where they were regaled with cake and wine, and then dismissed. STRANGE FREAK OF A CONVICT.—Thomas Chink, a convict employed on the dockyard extension works at St. Mary's Island, Chatham, has caused his own death by indulging in an extraordinary taste. He was em ployed with a gang of convicts in unloading a barge of gravel. In this gravel were some dead mussels and cockles, The warder prohibited the men from touching these shell-fish, but Chick disobeyed, and ate some, He was reported and punished for his disobedience. But a worse penalty had been self-inflicted, for some days after he was taken ill, Dr. Burns, chief surgeon at St. Mary's Convict Prison, pre. scribed what he considered necessary for an attack of colic, and nothing serious was apprehended, but the man suddenly died, It was found, on making a post mortein examination, that the intestines were much inflamed, and two feet of them actually gangrened, which had caused death. The inflam mation could only be accounted for by the man having per sisted in eating the poisonous dead molluscs, There was nothing to indicate any other cause for the inflammation. Mr Thomas Hills, coroner, having held an inquest on the body, and received evidence to the above effect, the jury gave a verdict of "Died from gangrene of the bowels." HORRIBLE AFFAIR AT NEW YORK.—John Donovan, a man suffering apparently from delirium tremens, was recently committed to the prison known as the Tombs, at New York. He seemed perfectly harmless, and was put into a room with about 14 men who had been com mitted for drunkenness. Early on the morning of the 2d instant, the night watchman, Mark Finlay, heard an alarm• Lag cry,followed by persons shouting " Murder I" " Help I" " Police !" &c. Finlay hurried to the spot. and, looking through the grating cf the duor, saw Donovan in the act of assaulting several of his fellow-prisoners with the poker, an iron bar, some three or four feet in length, and weighing six or seven pounds. Donovan was called upon to stop his bloody work, but ho paid no attention to the night watchman, Those prisoners who had not been die aided were running from him and screaming for help. Be ing unable tc cope singlehanded with Donovan, Finlay ran to the sixth precinct station house for help, when Captain Jourdan instantly despatched officers Barr, Crane, Curley, and others to the prison to assist in securing Donovan. On entering the plane where the prisoners were confined the most sickening sight was presented. There lay dead on the floor two prisoners, named M'Donald and Kennedy, with their skulls crushed in and the brains scattered abou , while near them was the prostrate form of William George, with his skull fractured, and apparently in a dying con dition. The lunatic, who was still flourishing his murderous weapon. had upset the stove, on which he had paled two or three benches for the purpose of setting the prison on fire. Donovan was called on to surrender, but failing to do so officer Crane fired several shots at him, but without effect. One of the bullets, however, lodged in the right shoulder of G. H. Hill, inflicting a serious wound. At this juncture Donovan attempted to run up a flight of stairs in the east end of the room, when all the officers present rushed upon him. They applied their locusts freely, and soon succeeded in disarming Donovan, who was taken into a cell, and thus presented from doing further harm.—.n , 9 Fork TIIHEATME-ROYAL DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. On BOXING—NIGHT, and during the week, A YOUNG LAD FROM 7i`HE COUNTRY. After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY THUMB AND , HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. Eel more, Tom M atthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, &c. Misses Lydia. Thompson. R. Lcclercq, ac. ; Messrs. Boleno, C. Lauri., W. A. Barnes, T. Morris, CormaA, Savil:e ; Mdme. Boleno, the Misses Gurais, and Signor Tescano. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE,- Special Iforning Perform ances.—ln answer to numer ous applications from parties residing in the environs, and in order to allow the country visitors to London during the holiday week an opportunity of witnessing the grand Drury lane annual Christmas Pantomime, entitled HOP 0' MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-league Boots, Messrs. Falconer and Chatterton have deeded on giving FIVE MORNING PERFORMANC ES, on TUESDAY, Dec. 27, Wednesday, 28, Thursday, 29, Friday, 30, and Saturday, 31, and on the morning of every Wednesday and Saturday during the holiday season. Children and schools at reduced prices to the f °Rowing - parts of the theatre : First elide, dress circle, and stalls, for morning performances only. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. MONDAY EVENING, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea thersby, mac. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, ac.= After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Bill, &c. With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. And A KISS IN THE DARK. To commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy CP Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Isarnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Mr. FECFITER will perform his universally allowed great impersonation of ELY BLAS EVERY EVENING until further notice. On BOXING NIGHT, Monday, Dec. 26, to commence with MY WIFlirS OUT. Messrs. Widdicomb, Charles ; Miss B. Percy and Miss E. Lavenu. After which, at S o'clock, PXY BLAS. Ruy Blas, Mr. Fechter. Messrs. Ryder, Fitzpatrick, F. Charles, M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Collett, C Ilford, Moreland ; Misses Car lotta Leclercq, B. Percy, and Mrs. Winstanley. To conclude with a Farcical Oriental Extravaganza, en titled BAREFACED IMPOSTORS. Schahabaham (a pasha of three tails, Mr. Raymond; Mustapha, his vizier, Mr. Garden ; Bill Stumps and .Jack Hocus, quondam proprietora of the original united happy family, Messrs. Moreland and "Viddicomb ; Ali, chief guardian of the ladies of the Harem, Mr. Collett ; Osman Khan, chief executioner, Mr. Bunch ; Achmet Aga, an officer of the Sultan, Mr. Kelly; Mirzs Baba, chief keeper of the monkeys, Mr. Regan; Ayesha, formerly Jemima Stumps, but no first favourite of the pasha, Miss Lavenu ; Fatima, second favourite of the pash,, Miss B. Percy ; Shekerleb, third favourite of the pasha, Miss Travers ; Bede, fourth favourite of the pasha, Misa Watson ; Zenobia, formerly banou of the harem, chief wife of the pasha, but now discarded for Ayesha, Miss Hatch. Various choice specimens of zoology, guards, slaves, and attendants, by the numerous and talented Smith family. Divertissement ties Odalisques. Doors open at Half -past Six. The Box-office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-RU YAL, ADELPIII. sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE WORKMEN OF PARIS. Mr. Benjamin Webster; Messrs. Billln2ton, R. Phillips, Stuart, J. Clarke, Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. A. Mellon), Miss H. Simms. Mrs. Biliington, Mrs. H. Lewis, and Miss A. Seamen. TO conclude with DOING BANTING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. 11 0 TI SS BAT E M A N.-NEW THEATRE JL. ROYAL ADELPFIL—Mr. Webster begs to announce that the great Tragedienne, Miss BAT EMAN, having per formed with unparalleled success the character of " Leah" fora period of nine consecutive months during the last season at this Theatre, and since won the plaudits of thousands in Liverpool, Birmingham, Dublin, Manchester, and ulasgow, she will RE-APPEAR at this Establishment JANUARY d, 1865, in her original character of the Jewish Maiden for a limited number of nights, previously to her appearing in otDer illustrations of the Glaislc Drama, which are in prepa ration. The B.x-office will be opened on Monday, Dec. 19, when places may be secured for Miss Bateman's engagement a fortnight in advance. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. Last Night of the present Management. For the Benefit of Mr. Benjamin Webster. THIS EVENING, THE BARONET ABROAD AND THE RUSTIC _PRIMA DONNA, by Lennox Home: Mr. Frank Matthews and Miss Constance Roden. After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new Comedy, entitled A LESSON IN LOVE : Mr. and Mrs. Char.es Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of WOODLOCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7. WILFUL WARD. Messrs Turner and Belford ; Miss Palmer. After which, at 8, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Miss Adis Swanbor .ugh. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Messrs. 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List of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion Card, and our new pamphlet, `• The Philosophy of Dress," gratis and post tree. tHE SUN,u LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1864 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] GERMANY. BA.MBERG, DEC. 24 The Conference at Bamberg between Herr von der Pfordten, the Bavarian Minister, and Baron von Beust, which has just taken place, had refe rence to a scheme for dividing Germany into three Powers, Austria, Prussia, and the Middle States. This plan was agreed upon in principlo. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 32.—Speculators still refrain from entering on any material operations in conse. quence of the near approach of the monthly settle• ment, but prices in the little business doing have been well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 651. 30c., and Mobilier at 931 f. 25c. Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market became weak towards the close, and left off as follows : 4t per Cents. . . 93 80 Do. end month 3 per Cents Du. end month..., 65 20 Credit Mobilier 927 50 Do. end month 926 25 Bank Shares 3530 Credit Foncier 1240 — 1 Roman RA IL I Italian Loan 65 40 Do. end month 65 45 Ditto Threes — INew Mexican Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 4l 50 Rome Debt Deferred AYIS. 8 Cas h. 5 .. A B c s c r 5 1 0 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 882 50 ~ 881 25 Southern ....... Western ...... Eastern ,,, .. 495 .. 495 Sardinian ..... , . 315 „ 315 Austrian Lon , bard , .... 506 25 .. 507 60 North of Spain Saragossa , ... .. 437 60 Ditto to Barcelona , ... 192 60 .. 200 MALTA. DEC. 16. Sir Henry Storks, the new Governor, reached Valetta, from Marseilles, on the 30th ultimo. The Malta Observer of the Ist instant thus reports his arrival and entrance on office : " We are glad to announce the arrival in Malta of our newly-appointed Gouernor, his Excellency Sir Henry Storks, who, attended by Colonel Peel, Military Secretary, and Lieut. Strahan, A.D.C., disembarked from on board H.M.S. Psyche yes terday at noon, under the salute due to his high rAnk. A guard of honour furnished by the Ist. 22d Regiment, and the chief civil, military, and naval authorities, received his Excellency on laud ing at the Calcara-gate. "Strada Reale was occupied by a great number of the inhabitants, many of whom respectfully saluted his Excellency on driving through the prin cipal streets of the city ; and the salutations were courteously acknowledged. Soon after the entry of Sir Henry Storks into the Palace, her Majesty's commission appointing his Excellency to be Go vernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Malta and its dependencies, was read and promulgated by Sir Victor Houlton, Chief Secretary to Government, in the Hall of Sr. Michael and St. George, in the presence of the constituted author: ties, and a considerable number of the inhabitants. His Excellency then took the customary oaths of office, which were administered to him by Sir A. Micallef, the President of the Law Courts. Imme. diately afterwards a proclamation was issued an nouncing that his Excellency had assumed the ad ministration of the Government; and that all offi cers, civil and military, and all other her Majesty's subjects, and persons inhabiting the Island of Malta and its dependencies, were required to be obedient. aiding, and assisting unto him in the execution of the powers and authorities vested in him by virtue of the said commission." The following naval inteiligrnce of the week is published in the Malta Times of to-day (Dec. 16) : " The Revenge, 73, bearing the flag of ReAr- Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8., Captain the Hon. F. A. Foley, arrived on Sunday evening at 6 o'clock from Tunis. She left Malta on Saturday, the sth of November, and arrived at Syracuse on the fol lowing morning, whew she saluted the Italian flag with 21 guns, which compliment was returned by the garrison with an equal number of guns. 0,1 Wednesday morning, 9th November, she proceeded to Palermo, and reached that port on the morning of the 10th, when the usual salutes were again ex changed, and the customary visits of ceremony took place between the English Admiral, the Governor- General of Sicily, and other high officials of the town. At the close of a week (16th Nov.), which was very agreeably spent in visiting the different ob jects of interest in that delightful part of Sicily, the Revenge sailed for Palm% Bay, in the Island of Sardinia, and on her voyage to that port enconn tered a succession of strong north westerly gales, in which ste carried away her main topsail yard, sprung her crosej ickeyard, and split several of her sails. In the daegerous work of repairing these damages, during the violence of the gale, not the least accident of any kind occurred, which says much for the order and discipiine maintained on board this magnificent ship. From Palma Bay, which she entered on the 21st November. See proceeded, after a stay of three days, to Port Mahon, in the Island of Minorca, staying there ten days. At this place extensive fortifica tions are being erected at the northern entrance of the harbour. The forts and outworks extend over a large area, and are intended, when complete, to mount 1,000 guns, while the requisite garrison will be from 10,000 to 12,000 men, These works were commenced abort seven years ago, and are expectea to occupy some six years more before completion. There are at present about 1,000 men employed in their construction, drawn chiefly from the Artillery, Engineers, and infantry which form the garrison. Ou the 6th December the Revenge left Port Mahon for Tunis, arriving in the bay on the evening of the Bth,having experienced calms and light variable winds the Whole way. There were at Tunis the French iron.clad frigate Invincible, and the aviso L'Actif, Italian corvette Etna, and English gun vessel Tyran. Her Majesty's corvette Racer, 11, arrived at Tunis from Malta on the 9th December, the evening previous to the departure of the Revenge for this island. " On Tuesday morning the Gibraltar, 81 (bearing the flag of Vice Admiral Smart, K.H.), Capt. J. C. Prevost; the Meeanee, 60, Captain G. Wode house ; the Orlando, 46, C a pt. G . G. Randolph ; and the Resistance, i ron -clad, 16, Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, left Malta harbour to exercise their crews firing at a target, and returned again the same evening. Capt. J. C. Prevost, commanding H.M.S. Gibraltar, who has been appointed Captain of the Gibraltar Dockyard, in place of Capt. Ommannoy, promoted to Rear Admiral, will, it is said, shortly proceed in hi s s hi p to the Rock, where, it is ex. pected, his successor, Capt. R. Conte, will meet him, to take the command of that ship, and return with her to Malta.' DECEMBER 17, Her Majesty's ship Victoria arrived this morning at six o,clock. She will hoist the Admiral's flag, under a salute at noon. On Thursday the whole of the marines of the squadron landed at Calcara Gate, under the command of Captain Arthur Ellis, senior captain of the Royal Marines on the station, and marched out into the c - iuntry, returning on board their respective ships in the afternoon. They were In heavy marching order, and presented a good appearance, especiAly the artilllerY.. w hi c.l are as fi ne a b o d y o f men as can be seen any w h ere, their new uniform and " busbies " attracting no littl e a t tention. The day previous a grand review of all the troops in gar rison was held on the loriana parade-ground, in the pre sence of his Excellency Lieut.-General Sir Idenry Storks. 0 UTRAGE ON NATURE.—The practice of defacing with great advertisements rocks, trees, and bridges, in spcis visited for their remarkable beauty, is extending in Canada. A correspondent of the Alonireal Gazette writes:—" This mating I find a circular among my letters, in which an advertising agent coolly proposes to deface the country in the most systematic manner, carrying with him a corps of bill -posters, painters, &c., to put advertisements on the prominent rocks, bridges, and fences,' which he designates as the most novel as well as the cheapest way of advertis ing.' " Some of the loveliest glens and vales in the White Mountains and other parts of the States are barbarously disfigured with ineffaceable advertisements of quack medi cines. A bill is to be introduced into the New York Legis lature making this die.gractful practice penal. AMERICA. (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF THE CHINA. The Royal Mail steamship China, from New York, arrived at Queenstown at 4.45 a.m. today, with 120 passengers, and 602,207 doll. in specie She landed 64 sacks of mails and five passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 5.10. All well. She has experienced strong easterly winds on the voyage. (Via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, Dec. 14, Morning. The Richmond papers assert that Silerman's main army had crossed to the east side of the Ogeechee River, and was moving on the 7th in a south easterly direction towards Savannah. The Georgians ar - ; rapidly reconstructing the road in Sherman's rear. Federal accounts state that the land and naval forces under Dahlgren and Foster proceedcd from Thanfort on the Gth ❑p Broad River, where they landed their forces and destroyed Pocataligo Bridge afterwards entrenching themselves at the latter point. Foster's scouts communicated with Sherman, who was expee , ed to reach Savannah on the 14th. The Charleston Mercury of the 6th says that Foster bad cut the Charleston and Savannah Railroad near Focataligo, and driven the Confede rates from their entrenched position. The situation at Nashville is unchanged. 25,000 Confederates (under Lyon) have crossed the Cum. berland River at Yellow Creek, and moved on Hop. kinsville, Kentucky. Breckenridge is reported as endeavouring to join Hood. Grant has despatched an expedition, consisting of one division of infantry and two brigades of cavalry, under Warren, to destroy the Weldon Rail road as far south as Ilicksford to prevent the Con federates from receiving supplies on the Weldon Road to Stoney Creek. Warren destroyed the bridge across the Notaway River and 15 miles of railroad. The Confederates were found in force near Hicks ford, with strong works on both sides of the Me hergen _River. Warren having carried the works on the north side and destroyed the depot returned to his former position before Petersburg. Considerable excitement prevails at Memphis. Beauregard is reported to be marching on Fort Murfreesboro despatches report that Hood had captured two blockhouses, but was repulsed when attacking a third. Forrest made a demonstration gainst the fort and town, but was repulsed. The Confederate cavalry entered Murfreesboro and de. stroyed numerous houses ; they were driven out by Rousseau. The railroad south of Murfreesboro was uninjured, but destroyed for five miles on the north of the town from Ocille Creek to Oville. Dodge has superseded Rosencranz. The Governor of Virginia's message favours the arming of slaves. The Confederate Congress has passed the resolu tion regarding the unlawful capture of the Florida. The authorities of Detroit have received certain information of an intended raid from Canada upon Detroit. The steamer Ella has been burnt off Wilmington. The St. Albans raiders have been discharged at Toronto, on the ground tht.t the Court has no jurisdiction. The House of Representatives has passed a reso lution to give notice to England of the abrogation of the Canadia❑ Reciprocity Treaty. The Canada has arrived out. POSTSCRIPT. NEW YORK, Dee. 14, The Richmond papers of yesterday report that Sherman was near Savannah, probably not five miles distant. It was doubtful if he would make an attack or advance to the coast south-east of the city. He had not opened communications with the coast. Later despatches report Sherman in line of battle, confronted by a large Confederate force. There is a doubtful report that Sherman has bad a successful engagement at Bloomingdale, fifteen miles from Savannah. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (Morning). Money easy. Gold, 136 k per cent. prem. Ex change on Lendon—Bankers' Bills, 257; ditto on Paris, 210 to 2 15. Stocks steady. New York Central, 121 ; Illinois, 130; Erie, 94; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1091. Cotton quiet; Middling Up. land, 132 c, Flour slightly firmer. Wheat steady. (TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ASSOCIATION.) (Per the China, via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, Dec. 13 p.m. Warren's Fifth Corps, part of Second Corps, and Gregg's Cavalry, left the front of Petersburg on Wednesday for a raid on the Weldon Railroad. They captured the works at Hatcher's Run, but afterwards abandoned them and returned to the camp. They destroyed the bridge over Notaway River and 15 miles of the railroad ; but, finding the Confederates in force at Hickeford, the Fede rals withdrew to their old position near Petersburg, and part of the raiding force was captured. The reported capture of Howell's Point, opposite Butler's Canal, is unfounded. There is a report of a Federal ironclad having been sunk in James River by Confederate batteries. The siege of Nashville continues, but no battle has as yet taken place. The Federals claim to have repulsed the Confederates at Murfreesborough, which the Confederates deny. The Federal losses at Franklin are now stated officially at 110 officers and over 2,000 privates is three divisions. The losses iu the fourth division, which are heavier in proportion, are not given. Two locomotives and 20 carts laden with ord nance and stores have been captured by the Confe derates in Northern Alabama. There is no truth in the reported advance of Beauregard on Fort Pillow. He is superintending the defences of Savannah. Sherman on the 7th was east of the Ogeechee River, 25 mites from Savannah, upon which city he is supposed to be advancing. Richmond papers now anticipate an as3ault upon the rear of Savannah, but they say that the city is prepared. Heavy firing was heard on the 7th, sup. posed from another engagement on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. The Charleston Mercury confirms the destruction of the bridge at Pocataligo. The railways destroyed by Sherman are being rebuilt. The naval court of inquiry upon the sinking of the Florida failed to agree. A military court of inquiry has been ordered. Corn and provisions heavy. Coffee steady. Sugar good inquiry. Molasses quiet. Petroleum, crude, 54c. ; refined, 74c. The Governor, Smith, recommends to the legis lature the arming of able-bodied slaves without delay. Secretary Fessenden is redeeming the Seven- Thirties of July, 1861, in currency. The Comp troller of the Currency recommends the suppres s ion cf all State Banks and the Substitution of National ones. The Bankrupt Bill of last session passed the house yesterday by 26 majority. It is reported that two fast steamers have left New York to be equipped as Mexican privateers (P) The Confederates, under General Lyon, have crossed the Cumberland, and moved towards Hop kinsville. Breckenridge is said to be trying to reinforce Hood. The exchange of prisoners stopped at Savannah has been resumed off Charleston. The blockade-runner - Ella, with a cargo of arms and ammunition, has been destroyed off Wil mington. The Confederate Senate has passed a joint resos lution appointing commissioners to Brazil. LATEST NEWS. Wednesday, 8 cm: It is reported that the Confederates have isolated Murfreesboro, and will compel its evacuation. The steamer Maria exploded on the Mississippi, nearly 60 passengers were killed or wounded. Richmond papers of the 13th report Sherman within five miles of Savannah, confronted by a heavy force of Confederates. His army was in line of battle. Skirmishing was going on yesterday near Nash ville. The gunboat Otsego has been destroyed by tor pedoes in Roanoke River. The United States Senate has passed a bill authorising the employment of six revenue cutters on the lakes. The United States House of Repre. sentatives have adopted a resolution giving England notice of the termination of the Reciprocity Treaty, by 85 to 57. Parties in New York have taken 35 millions ad. ditional of 5-20's. The blockatie.runner Hendrie has been captured off Wilmington. The Canadia❑ Court has discharged the St.l,lb3ns raiders for want of jurisdiction, The Like Erie raiders have also been discharged, COMMERCIAL, Cotton steady and unchanged. Gold, 2341 ; Seven Thirties, 1216 ; Five• Twenties, 109 - ; Sixes of 81, 1181 ; Illinois Central, 130 ; Erie, 94; Read ing, 137 ; Sterling One, 92-. Money easy. Sugar steady• Iron dull. Lead firm. Crude Petroleum. 50; Refined, N. Oil dull. The Cinad ian mails ot the 27th November have not reached the city. The Post-office London Directory for 1865. Again the mammoth Directory of our giant metropolis makes its aunual appearance. It comes before us this time a little later than usual, almost immediately before New Year's-day—in point of fact, only upon this the very eve of Christmas. There is no help seeing the Book, or being aware of the fact of its publication. It is too big to be overlooked. It is among guide-books like a burly quarto from Brobdignag among the duodecimos of Lilliput. The present is the sixty-sixth year of its publication. It is consequently three years past the attaioment of its grand climacteric. And it looks it ! It looks for ail the world as if it were hopeless to dream of ever applying to it, with any chance of a good result, a course of Bantingism. Nevertheless, vast and corn plieated though the labyrinth of this huge Direc tory unquestionably is, there is a clue furnished to us through all its intricacies—a clue discernible in the simple fact of its careful subdivision under the several heads of— Official, Streets, Commercial, Law, Court, Parlia mentary, Postal, City, Conveyances, Banking, and Assurances. Each of these divisions or sub divi sions of the work being arranged with the minutest care, alphabetically, any required atom out of this otherwise chaotic mountain of in formation called London, can be observed at an instant's notice, and scrutinised sepa rately. Upwards of 2,800 double or treble columned pages of closely picked but perfectly legible t 3 pography (to be precise, exactly 2,812 pages altogether), constitute the gigantic tome of " The London Directory" for 1865. Close upon three thousand pages crammed full of useful, practical, cautiously sifted, and in meny instances, thoroughly authentic and reliable information ! It has been curiously calculated by the compilers themselves that upon each of these 2,812 pages of printed matter, there are as many as 10,000 distinct letters. Clubbing together the Directory for London and the companion volume, which will be found separately referred to below (the Directory for Lancashire), the latter containing no lees than 2,220 pages, each of them of exactly similar dimensions, there are, at the rate of 10,000 letters per page, virtually more altogether than fifty million individual letters, —Yes ! to repeat the fact in numerals, so that there may be no mistake about it, over 50,000,000! Fifty million letters, most of wnicla has had to pass through the fingers of the compo sitors, and under ti e searching observation of the printer's reader in his correction of the proof sheets ! The weight of types so employed, it has been further estimated by the same inge nious calculator, is equivalent to thirty-three tone of metal ! It is intimated in so many words, in the course of the Preface to the London Directory for 1865, that—" Besides the ordinary alterations arising from deaths, changes of resi dence, &c., many sweeping changes have been made in this division during the present year to correspond with alterations in the names and num. barngs of streets by authority or the Metropolitan Board of Works." It being added that no less than forty-five streets have been re-naaied, while several long roads, such as the New Kent-road and the Holloway-road, have been re-numbered, and about sixty-five names of new streets introduced. Especial note ought to be taken, we cannot bat think, of the toilowieg intimation put forth by the compilers of this immense guide-book through all the mazes of London and - Westminster, an extract that we might head significantly with ver bum sap—" Among other visws of the Street Directory," it is there said " it enables any one to judge of the character of a street--whether it is occupied by merchants, by private residents, or by retail shopkeepers, and to it a reference would fre.. quently prevent manufacturers and traders becom ing the victims of swindlers. If a firm consisti❑g of high-sounding names and giving large orders for goods is not to be found in the Directory, and it appears the house they date from is a coffee-shop, reading-room, or other place where letters are taken in, further inquiry should be made before the order is executed." It tnay really be said, without ex travagance—and more could hardly be said—that, under its present energetic proprietary, "The Post Office London Directory" has grown of late years an proportion with the wealth, the trade, the traffic, the dimensions of the stupendous metropolis of which it is the one authoritative and unrivalled Elandbook. Kelly's Post Office Directory of Lancashire, Liver pool, and Manchester. The present volume, which is the second edition of the Directory of Lincashire, forms one of a series of Directories of the counties of England, differing from those hitherto published by other compilers, in giving a topographical account and list of the whereabouts not only of the many impor tant towns, but of every village, and township throughout the country, It also contains an amount of information on other matters of the highest importance to every commercial establishment of the United Kingdom. We have not only the lists above referred to, but appended to each place there are lists of the county magistracy, the post and money order offices, the insurance company's agents, the newspapers, with their days of publica tion, the hotels, and of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry in Lancashire so arranged that reference to each can be instantly made. The work has been comp:led by the same staff of experienced agents who prepare Kelly's "London Directory," and no expense apparently has been spared to render the directory of the wealthy and important county as much superior to any work of the same character hither to published as the London Directory has proved usually to be. Appended to Lancashire, are Liverpool and Manchester so postal maps, the size of the two latter being six miles to the inch, but so clearly engraved that they will maintain the character of the book for easy refer ence. Altogether the Directory, corrected as it is down to the very latest moment of publication, is an important addition to the books of reference for the publication of which the Messrs. Kelly have become so remarkable, The new Opera House in Vienna is now entirely com pleted, and the interior decoration is in progress. Five painters and sculptors chosen from the most distinguished of the capital are engaged in this task. In the loggia, the paint ing of which is confided to M, de Schwind, marble statues of Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Haydn, and Schubert, will be placed. In the " fogei," or crush room, there are to be busts also in marble of Meyerbeer, WebEr, Spohr, Cheru bini, Bellini, Marschner, Donizetti, Nicolai Wergl, Cima rosa, lirentzer, A über, Rossini, and Verdi. This depart. ment is confided to M. Geigen. Commenced at the same time as the new Opera at Paris, it is asserted that the new Viennese building will rival it in magnificence. The reported death of Mr Savili Kent, father of the child whose murder at Road in the summer of 1860 caused so much excitement, is confirmed. r elf 1 111' DIE r s.. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 23. The Queen, Princess Helena, and Pi ince Leopold, walked and drove yesterday, and Princess LJUISe drove out, attended by the Hon. Mrs Bruce. The Hon. Lucy Kerr has succeeded the Hon, Florence Seymour as Maid of Honour in Waiting. The Duchess of Grafton and Lady Ashburton have arrived in Paris. The Duke will meet them in that city on their way to Cannes to pass the winter. The Duchebs (Dowager) of Grafton will leave in a f,w days to join the Duke and Duchess in the south of France. The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of London° derry, we regret to say, is in a condition considered by her medical attendants almost hopeless. For the last four months the marchioness has been in weak health, and lat terly there has been no prospect of her recovery. The Earl of Dunmore left town yesterday for Dunmore Park, his seat in Scotland. Vit , count Courtenay, Mr and Lady Evelyn Bruce, and the Hon. George Craven have joined the circle assent• bled at Dean Park, on a vi6ic t) the Earl and Countess of Cardigan. Lord and Lady Bloomfield arrived in town yes terday from a v sit to the Earl and Countess of Hardwick° at Wimpole Hall, and to ➢lr and Lady Elizabeth Adeane, at their seat in Cambridgeshire. L'ird and Lady Dunsany have sustained a loss by the death of their youngest son, the Hon. Edward Plunkett, who expired at Dunsany Castle, Ireland, 012 Tuesday. The Hon. Captain and Mrs Vivian have left the St, George's Hotel. British American Colonies and the Hudson Bay Company. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln July, 1863, a prospectus appeared of the banger of the Hudson's Bay Company to a Financial A-sociation, in which they claim the whole of the prairies—lands and valleys—between British Columbia and Canada, containing the only parishes in British America with an excellent climate and and a fertile soil. Now, though the Company claim the sovereignty, lord ship, ownership, el this vast region, larger than Germany, France, and Spain, united, yet they do not possess in reality as much as would " sod a lark," they are merely tenants at will, the Crown, on behalf of the people, being the owner; and why the Whig Government wishes to con• tinue this, the last and only monopoly disgracing the Statute-book is inexplicable, as k'reeTrade and no monopoly were their mottoes. How different was the conduct of the Tories when in power, Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, then Colonial Secre tary, having liberated Vancouver's Island and British Columbia, and formed colonies under the Crown, intending to do the some with the regions in question. When Parliament meets this subject must soon be de cided, as the British Confederation and the gigantic monopoly of the Company, with the exclusive privileges they claim, cannot co-exist. The Hon. George Brown, the Premier of the Canadas , is now in London, who may be able to inform Mr. Chichester Fortescue, the Under-Secretary of State, whether that gen tleman's reply to Mr Wyld, in the HAIR) of Commons, was correct, viz., that "Canada cared nothing about it." T RATEL LER. Dublin International Exhibition, 1865. It is eminently satisfactory to learn that this en• terprise, undertaken by Irishmen, actuated solely by patriotic motives, will fully realise the hopes of its promoters. The preparatory arrangements are in a forward condition, and the promises of su pport from home contributors ensure the success of the Exhibition. Continental exhibitors have come forward with alacrity, and from them large contributions are expected. From France there will be a magnl' ficent collection of bronzes and goldsmiths' w ork, of silks and laces; it is even hinted that the Gobelins and Sevres will not be unrepresented. Austria will send specimens of all those beauti ful manufactures which attracted so much atten tion in 1862. Italy intends to surpass herself; filigree work from Genoa, ornamental metal work from Milan, mosaics from Florence, and cameos from Leghorn, will attest the renewed industrial ac[ivity of this rising country. A display of sculpture, equalling, if not surpassing, the ati tractive collection sent in 1862, is promised from Rome. The show of manufactures from Belgium will be in proportion to the extent of her important industries. Countries in the North of Europe wi ll , bo ohi,fly reptelsenred by work s o f Fine Art, of these special details will be given hereafter. One special feature of this Exhibition, not attempted on any former occasion, will be au inter.' national display of musical instruments. A large hall, specially designed for concerts, and capable of seating 3,000 persons, has been devoted to thith purpose. In it the instruments of all nations will be collected, and daily performances will take plac e during the continuance of the Exhibition. Exb" bitors will therefore have the advantage not only O f showing their works, but also of having them tested under most favourable circumstances, an d music as an art will be added to the other attran 4 tions of the Exhibition. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR Tg s ENSI.YkcG WEEL—Monday Horticultural : Perfume s from Flowers and the Processes of Distillation. Tuesday" Ethnological, at 8: Flint Implements, Salisbury - hil l, Bath,' Mr Evans; Natural History of Iranians,' Khanikof ; Hairy Man of Jesso,' Mr Wood. Royal In' siltation, at 3: Chemistry of a Coal ;' Juvenile Lectures. actuaries, at 7 : ' Table for the Formation of Logarith lo3 and Anti-Logarithms,' Mr Gray. Thursday—Royal 13- stitution, at 3 : ' Chemistry of a Coal ;' Juvenile L e ctures : • Saturday—Royal Instit ut i on , a t 3 : Chemistry of a Coa l,' Juvenile Lectures.—Athenzion. DEPOSIT OF PRIVATE BlLLS.—Yesterday wao the last day for the deposit of p r iv a t e bill s a t th e House 011 Commons. On or before the 31st inst. further particular s of the intended new railways must be deposited, and 00 Parliamentary deposits of 8 per cent. of the capital must b ° made in the Court of Chancery by Jan. 12. A new rail . lation has been adopted on the subject. In future no vi° l ' cants for the deposit of money are to be made cu t "I " third" parties. and borrowing the 8 per cent. is rl°t allowed under this new order. -• Loss OF A FISHING SMACK AND SEVEN I ,l ° S * —CAISTER, near Great Yarmouth, Friday Nlgtai• -• ' . Signal lights of distress were seen by the Caister beachraell and coastguard early on the morning of the 19th Decem ber (writes the Rev. G. W. Steward). The wind was blowil 3 ° from S.E., and there w as a h ea vy sea runn ing. 5 „: Caister lifeboat of the N a t iona l I nst i tut i on immed iately off, but on reaching the Cross Sands they could lia d traces of a wreck. I have now, however, the melaneb°'' duty to communicate that the vesstil which sent UP tit lights was a Yarmouth fishing s m ac k, name d the carrying five men and two boys. She was 0w:130 3 % wrecked, and all hands unhappily p e ri s h e d. Another sroac belonging to the same owner was in comp an y with her, an seeing her first light bore tow ar d s h er; w h en w ithin a 1311°1 distance from her the m aster h a d t h e precaut i o n to drop the lend, and finding only t our f at h oms o f wa ter, had 31/6, c i sufficient time to turn his helm, and thus narrowly eac i P e so the disastrous end of his partner vessel and crew. He W , near enough to catch a glimpse o f h er sail wearing The crew of the lifeboat taw the surviving smack near ° I I spot, but they saw nothing wh a t ever of the wrecked Y edBe ; A part of the wreck of the Vivid has come on shore 7 3, Yarmouth. The service of the lifeboat's crew, althouga fruitless, was not the less prompt or praiseworthy..s% knowing some of the lost crew, and feeling for all A, neighbours, they are a good deal saddened. The ma ster o r : the lost smack is said to have been a deserving mo d . fi , excellent man, and was coming into harbour, as the fisl° ' smacks all do about this time, for Christmas. A FORTUNATE INVENTOR.—The enormous de; [nand that has sprung up for the series of dye s t11a ..„ are prepared from coal, has probably no parallel th e 11 4 5 ,,, tory of colour manufactures. Mauve, magenta, g'r °ll . and other popular colours, are all produced by Itar liti iia , 3 treatment of certain substances that are produced during say distillation of coal. The inv e ntor, or perhaps we eboulct the discoverer, of these dyes was a lad in the City af. Lau don School, now grown to ma n' s estate, and eaPY I/ ,! g t ba income of several thou sa nds a year, as his share 0' profits.of the manuf a cture of these dyes. —City Press. cod THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.--Tn ere 18 y . prospect of the passage through the house afthe c...)rean6 tional amendment to abolish slavery.--NeW aria2' Dec. 8. A VICIOUS ELEPHANT—A long train of oara agb ven B ' containing a collection of wild beasts, vas passing at Welwyn, with the camels and ele p b.auts walking at large a poor old man offered a piece of bread to one of the ele phants, and, after the animal liP::1 taken it, he iruniediatell put out his trunk, witho ut the least provocation, on poor man by the arm, threw him with g reat violence t u. trun t road, and then struck him with su ch force wit h his before any one could render assitit.ince, that two or three of his ribs were fractu red : caught tihies